Re: Optimizing column widths

[Dan Nelson]

In the last episode (Jun 18), Tim Johnson said:
> Is there an optimal 'alignment' for column widths for
> varchar types?
> 
> I.E., divisible by 8 or 10 or by powers of 2?

No.  Varchar fields are stored using only as many bytes as are in that
particular entry.  The size in the column definition is simply the maximum
allowed size.

http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.5/en/char.html

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